Jay Baruchel

Jonathan Adam Saunders Baruchel was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on April 9 1982, to Serge Baruchel, an antiques dealer, and Robyne, a writer. Baruchel came from mixed descent - his father was an Italian Sephardic Jew and his mother an Irish Catholic. The family - which grew to include a younger sister, Taylor - moved to Montreal, Quebec when he was a still a child. Baruchel - who became fluent in French, and whose parents exposed him to both of their religions so that he could effectively choose his own spiritual path - deemed himself an "attention hungry mouthy kid." He attended the Fine Arts Core Educational School in Montreal, and began to study acting at age 12 when his father sought... Continue Bio >>